founders

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person who establishes an institution n.
go under, fail v.

NOUN

person who establishes an institution

Synonyms

STRONGEST

architect author benefactor builder creator designer inventor organizer patron planner

STRONG

beginner constructor framer generator initiator maker originator

WEAK

establisher forebearer institutor prime mover

Antonyms

STRONGEST

opponent

VERB

go under, fail

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abort break down fall through stumble

STRONG

collapse fall lurch miscarry misfire sink sprawl stagger submerge submerse trip

WEAK

be lost come to nothing go down go lame go to bottom

Antonyms

STRONG

increase rise

WEAK

accomplish achieve succeed

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founders

The ‘deeply nerdy’ founders behind Nvidia’s $13 billion bet on Hugging Face.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

“We’re really looking for founders who are building where technology personalizes the experience and optimizes the experience but doesn’t replace the experience,” Ferreira said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

"The core of this is that some startups and their founders don't understand compliance well," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

"Our founders had a very straightforward mission -- restoring the economics of European air defence," Nemo Farber, Tytan's chief manufacturing officer, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

The founders of the PAC were all well known to me.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela